Governor confirms U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss' retirement — Gov. Nathan Deal said that U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss called him this morning to inform him that he would not run for a third term in 2014. — “I told him to make sure he served out his full term because I didn't want to appoint someone …

Saxby Chambliss to retire — Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who has positioned himself as a bipartisan deal-maker on the budget, will not run for a third term next year, according to a source familiar with his plans. — The 69-year-old Chambliss has informed colleagues and staff …

Haley Barbour: ‘Stupid’ comments hurt GOP — Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour said on Friday that “stupid” and “offensive” comments made by one candidate can have a negative affect on others in the same political party. — “The comments they made were stupid comments …

Obama, Clinton to appear in joint ‘60 Minutes’ interview — The president and Clinton, who is expected to leave the State Department within days, will tape the interview Friday at the White House with “60 Minutes” anchor Steve Kroft. It will be the president's first dual interview with anyone other than First Lady Michelle Obama.

Jiltin' Joe? Obama does ‘60 minutes’ with Hillary — At the end of a week filled with talk about Joe Biden's presidential prospects, Barack Obama will sit down for a television interview with ... Hillary Clinton. — The joint interview Friday afternoon is set to air Sunday on CBS's “60 Minutes.”

Is Hillary seeing double? Daily News analysis points out the Secretary of State may suffer from vision impairments following a concussion and blood clot near her brain — A close inspection of Hillary Clinton's glasses worn during her Wednesday testimony on Benghazi shows an adhesive Fresnel prism …

My God, Could This Be True? — Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming. Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu's pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data.

Deficit Hawks Down — President Obama's second Inaugural Address offered a lot for progressives to like. There was the spirited defense of gay rights; there was the equally spirited defense of the role of government, and, in particular, of the safety net provided by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Obama Brings Pollster Into White House — A staff reshuffle as the campaign comes in from the cold. — Source: whitehouse.gov — President Barack Obama is bringing his campaign pollster into White House, according to an official, part of a broader migration of political staff into government …

Rahm Emanuel presses banks on guns — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, moving to take a lead role in the gun control debate, is turning up the pressure on banks that do business with firearms manufacturers. — Emanuel is sending letters to two major financial institutions, TD Bank and Bank of America …

Exiting Timothy Geithner talks fiscal future — Republicans have effectively ceded the debt ceiling as a political weapon, opening what could be a more productive and less economically dangerous period of fiscal debate, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an exit interview with POLITICO.

A nation of takers — Nicholas Eberstadt is the author of A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic. The book, it should be noted, includes dissenting essays by Yuval Levin and William Galston. — President Obama seems to have been responding to Eberstadt in a key passage …

Russian police break up “kiss-in” over anti-gay law — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police broke up a “kiss-in” protest by gay activists who scuffled with Russian Orthodox Christians outside parliament on Friday before it considered a law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors.

UN opens probe into US armed drone strikes — The United Nations has begun an investigation into the use of armed aerial drone strikes by the United States and others to see if those attacks violate international human-rights laws. — The investigation will be led by Ben Emmerson …

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